Java IO Tutorial - Java InputStream.skip(long n)

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Syntax

InputStream.skip(long n) has the following syntax.

public long skip(long n)  throws IOException

Example

In the following code shows how to use InputStream.skip(long n) method.

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import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.InputStream;

public class Main {
  public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {

    int i;

    InputStream is = new FileInputStream("C://test.txt");

    while ((i = is.read()) != -1) {
      // converts int to char
      char c = (char) i;

      System.out.println("Character Read: " + c);

      // skip one byte
      is.skip(1);
    }
    is.close();
  }
}

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